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Excerpt from Decapod Crustaceans of the Northwest Coast of North America Our knowledge of the Decapod fauna of the Northwest is, for the most part, of recent growth. More than two fifths of the species enumerated below have been described within the last twelve years, while during that time our acquaintance with the species known to Brandt, Stimpson, Lockington, and other pio meers in this field has been greatly extended. In 1900 Dr. S. J. Holmes published a very useful 'synopsis of California stalk-eyed Crustacea, ' 1 with descriptions of genera and species, and it has been thought unnecessary to repeat cita tions for the species which he gives. An effort has been made to figure all the little-known species. In addition to the general collection of Decapods made by Dr. William E. Ritter of the Harriman Expedition, those obtained by Dr. \v. R. Coe and Professor Trevor Kincaid have been placed at my service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.